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> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) but I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for navigation back but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past, see my comment from five years ago. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's a overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields. If there is already a change, it might have made sense to change this to a shortcut that is harmless because it is not a overloaded shortcut like Backspace or Cmd+Left. This way, the problem you wanted to solve was not solved, it was just moved, at least on macOS. I can't speak for other operating systems.

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) but I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past, see my comment from five years ago. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's a overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields. If there is already a change, it might have made sense to change this to a shortcut that is harmless because it is not a overloaded shortcut like Backspace or Cmd+Left. This way, the problem you wanted to solve was not solved, it was just moved, at least on macOS. I can't speak for other operating systems.

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) but I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past, see my comment from five years ago. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's a overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields. If there is already a change, it might have made sense to change this to a shortcut that is harmless because it is not a overloaded shortcut like Backspace or Cmd+Left. This way, the problem you wanted to solve was not solved, it was just moved and the the risk of data loss has been increased instead of decreased. At least on macOS I can't speak for the usual shortcuts on other operating systems.

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) but I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past, see my comment from five years ago. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's a overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields. If there is already a change, it might have made sense to change this to a shortcut that is harmless because it is not a overloaded shortcut like Backspace or Cmd+Left. This way, the problem you wanted to solve was not solved, it was just moved and the the risk of data loss has been increased instead of decreased. At least on macOS, I can't speak for the usual shortcuts on other operating systems.

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I didn't know about Shift+Backspace but I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) and I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for the back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past, see my comment from five years ago. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's a overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields. If there is already a change, it might have made sense to change this to a shortcut that is harmless because it is not a overloaded shortcut like Backspace or Cmd+Left. This way, the problem you wanted to solve was not solved, it was just moved and the the risk of data loss has been increased instead of decreased. At least on macOS, I can't speak for the usual shortcuts on other operating systems.

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I didn't know about Shift+Backspace but I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) and I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for the back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past, see my comment from five years ago. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's a overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields.

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I didn't know about Shift+Backspace but I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) and I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for the back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past, see my comment from five years ago. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's an overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields, the same reasoning would apply here as well.

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I didn't know about Shift+Backspace but I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) and I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for the back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past, see my comment from five years ago. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's an overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields. The same reasoning would apply here as well.

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I didn't know about Shift+Backspace but I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) and I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for the back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.

And while it's true that the accidental use of Backspace can have data loss implications please note that the same applies for the new promoted shortcut as well. In fact on macOS it caused much more data loss situations for me than backspace in the past. I am a user who uses Cmd+Left a lot to move the cursor to the beginning of a text field, much more than I need the back navigation. And it's exactly the same situation: It's an overloaded shortcut with a different function inside and outside of text fields and an accidental use can cause the same kind of data loss. So the same reasoning would apply here as well and this shortcurt is still there. ;-)

> I use the forward button, but the back shortcut. I did not know about any of the forward shortcuts.

Almost the same here. I didn't know about Shift+Backspace but I knew about Alt+Right (or Cmd+Right on macOS) and I never used this shortcut because it needs to keys. So I used Backspace as a shortcut for the back navigation but never used a shortcut for navigating forward.